Texting and Driving: Is It Just Moral Panic?

White, David R.; Hepworth, Daniel P.; Zidar, Michael S

doi:10.1080/01639625.2018.1479915

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“…often revealing atrocity tales to emphasize the threat and typify the behavior of folk devils as representative of their inherent evil nature. (P. 303-4) Moral panics often scapegoat groups of young people (Yochim 2009) as targeting youth "seems to be part of a master status transcending various moral panics over time" (White, Hepworth, andZidar 2018:1395).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Additional players in a moral panic include “claims-makers” or “moral entrepreneurs” “from whom the moral indignation flows” (White, Hepworth, and Zidar 2018:1388). Klocke and Muschert (2010) identify four key groups of claims-makers: “public officials (politicians, law enforcement, etc.…”

Section: Moral Panic Theory and Mobility (In)justicementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moral panics often scapegoat groups of young people (Yochim 2009) as targeting youth “seems to be part of a master status transcending various moral panics over time” (White, Hepworth, and Zidar 2018:1395).…”

Section: Moral Panic Theory and Mobility (In)justicementioning

confidence: 99%

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Moral Panic and Electric Micromobilities: Seeking Space for Mobility Justice

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Scott,

Reed

et al. 2023

Sociological Perspectives

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This article makes the case that electric micromobilities (EMMs) are the site of a moral panic and employs the lens of mobility justice to explain it. Through analysis of scholarly and media discourse, interviews with, and social media content produced by, EMM riders (eriders), and the auto ethnographic experiences of the lead author as an electric unicycle rider in daily life, as a participant in online and offline “erider” communities, and as a food delivery worker, we reinforce the conclusion that alternate mobilities face an uphill battle in gaining legitimacy and inclusion in transportation policy and infrastructure. While this is not a new finding—alternate mobilities have a long history of being demonized and excluded—this article offers insight into how individuals who find themselves unwitting scapegoats in conflicts over public space consciously engage in deliberate actions to resist EMM panic and achieve greater mobility justice.

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confidence: 99%

Section: Moral Panic Theory and Mobility (In)justicementioning

confidence: 99%